| WHEELER | Mortimer, British archaeologist born in 1890 (7) |
| MORTIMER | ____ Wheeler, British archaeologist born in 1890 noted for discoveries in Britain and India (8) |
| BOB | _ Mortimer, British comic and actor (3) |
| WOOLLEY | Leonard ___, archaeologist born in 1880 noted for his excavations in Mesopotamia (7) |
| TORQUAY | Seaside town where Agatha Christie was born in 1890 (7) |
| SCHIELE | Egon, Austrian Expressionist painter born in 1890 noted for his erotic, figurative works (7) |
| GROUCHO | ____ Marx, U.S. comedian born in 1890 with the forenames Julius Henry (7) |
| KNOSSOS | Chief city of Minoan (Bronze Age) Crete, first excavated in modern times by British archaeologist Sir Arthur Evans from 1900 (7) |
| DAVIDBOMBERG | British painter and one of the Whitechapel Boys, born in 1890 (5,7) |
| WYOMING | U.S. State which joined the Union in 1890 (7) (7) |
| LEAKEY | Mary, archaeologist born in 1913 noted for discovering a prehistoric skull in Tanzania (6) |
| RICHMALCROMPTON | Writer born in 1890 noted for her Just William series of books (7,8) |
| HOCHIMINH | Vietnamese nationalist leader born in 1890 (2,3,4) |
| GIGLI | Beniamino, Italian operatic tenor born in 1890 (5) |
| ROBERTS | Which Australian artist painted "Shearing the Rams', in 1890, Tom ... (7) |
| IBERT | Jacques, French composer born in 1890 noted for his opera Angelique (5) |
| NAUMGABO | Russian sculptor noted for his Constructivist style born in 1890 (4,4) |
| PARNELL | A divorce scandal in 1890 ended the political career of this Irish advocate of Home Rule (7) |
| SEVILLE | Which city is home to Spain's oldest football club, founded in 1890? (7) |
| STANLEY | Explorer and journalist (surname) - famous for his search for David Livingstone - who was made a Freeman of Manchester in 1890 (7) |
